Comparative analysis of respiratory reactions on in vitro microinjection of L-glutamate in different parts of vestbibular nuclear brain complex of newborn rats

We investigated in vitro he role of various structural and functional parts of the vestibular nuclear brain complex in the implementation of respiratory reactions in isolated pontobulbospinal preparations of newborn rats. We found that the glutamatergic system of the vestibular nuclear complex plays an important role in the central mechanisms of regulation of the spontaneous bioelectrical activity of the respiratory neuron network. The main modulating effect belongs to the glutamatergic system of the neurons of the rostral and caudal divisions of the medial vestibular nucleus.